Act Now: 820 Fort Stockton Factory-Built Tower Bypassing Community Review

| August 31, 2025 | 0 Comments

We need to act quickly. The proposed development at 820 Fort Stockton Drive is moving forward under the City’s Complete Communities program, confirmed this week by Councilmember Stephen Whitburn’s office. Permits are already being processed, with excavation expected to begin as soon as September 18.

This project’s history shows just how far City Hall has gone to shut out community voices:

  • In 2023, the site was approved for an 8-story, 54-unit building of mostly one- and two-bedroom units, based on a financial analysis by London Moeder.
  • When interest rates rose and Stockdale Capital’s Horton Plaza project collapsed under a $350 million loan default, plans shifted.
  • Now the project has ballooned into a 12-story, 120-unit tower—fast-tracked as a factory-built modular development. The modules will be constructed in Mexico and stacked here by DOMO (Domo Modular, LLC), a subsidiary of Stockdale Capital.
  • Public records show DOMO is controlled by Shawn and Steven Yari of Stockdale, operating from Beverly Hills.

The City promotes Complete Communities as requiring 40 percent affordable housing. But the fine print says that percentage is based only on the property’s original zoning—not on the final number of units built with density bonuses.

  • For 820 Fort Stockton, zoning allows just five-to-six “base” units.
  • Forty percent of that equals only two affordable units required.
  • Yet the developer is being allowed to stack 120 apartments, almost all of them market-rate micro-units between 300 and 500 square feet.
  • No parking!

In short: instead of 48 affordable units (40 percent of 120), Mission Hills will likely see just two.

Even more troubling: if Stockdale already lost Horton Plaza, how will they finance 820 Fort Stockton without cutting corners? What guarantees do we have that safety, design quality, and neighborhood character won’t be sacrificed to save money?

Mission Hills is not opposed to housing. But we are opposed to secrecy, rubber-stamp approvals, and projects that ignore the neighborhood’s character. Councilmember Whitburn has promised community engagement. Now we must hold him to it.

We urge Councilmember Whitburn and Mayor Gloria to:

  1. Pause permits until a full public forum is held with Mission Hills residents.
  2. Explain how this project qualifies as Complete Communities when it fails to meet basic affordability and design standards.
  3. Require DOMO/Stockdale to present financing, design, and impacts publicly, so the community can assess the risks.

This is our moment to demand transparency. A 12-story factory-built tower in the heart of Mission Hills, pushed through without review, is not acceptable.

Please join me in pressing Councilmember Whitburn and Mayor Gloria to fulfill their promise of community involvement before September 18.

Contact them directly:

Doug Poole
Mission Hills Resident

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